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The Vanguard November-December 2020 Wrap Up – Heartwarming Clemencies and Pandemic-Related Complications

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|Date: January 04, 2021
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The Vanguard November-December 2020 Wrap Up – Heartwarming Clemencies and Pandemic-Related Complications

By Macy Lu Though turbulent and full of jarring surprises, 2020 ended on a note of hope for more than a f ...

By Macy Lu Though turbulent and full of jarring surprises, 2020 ended on a note of hope for more than a few defendants as judges from both Sacramento and Yolo County reduced jail time and offered alte ...

January 04, 2021
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Hearing with Expert Testimonies to Determine Fitness of ICE Mesa Verde Facility, Struck with COVID-19

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|Date: November 20, 2020
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Hearing with Expert Testimonies to Determine Fitness of ICE Mesa Verde Facility, Struck with COVID-19

By Emma Phillips SAN FRANCISCO – A hearing resumed here in U.S. District Court Thursday to determine if t ...

By Emma Phillips SAN FRANCISCO – A hearing resumed here in U.S. District Court Thursday to determine if the Mesa Verde ICD Detention Center should continue to be monitored by the courts after a massiv ...

November 20, 2020
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ELECTRIC CAR CONFUSION: SF PD Wins Acquittal for Client Accused of Carjacking and Robbery

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|Date: October 29, 2020
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ELECTRIC CAR CONFUSION: SF PD Wins Acquittal for Client Accused of Carjacking and Robbery

By Dylan Ferguson SAN FRANCISCO – Valentine Sua, 28, was acquitted this week at trial in San Francisco Co ...

By Dylan Ferguson SAN FRANCISCO – Valentine Sua, 28, was acquitted this week at trial in San Francisco County Superior Court on all carjacking and robbery charges stemming from an incident in May. It ...

October 29, 2020
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Inconsistent California Court Livestreaming – A Public Access Crisis

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|Date: October 08, 2020
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Inconsistent California Court Livestreaming – A Public Access Crisis

By Layla Mustafa CALIFORNIA – The global coronavirus pandemic has been a source of hardship and uncertain ...

By Layla Mustafa CALIFORNIA – The global coronavirus pandemic has been a source of hardship and uncertainty for many. The force of COVID-19 has tested the foundation of our government, and in doing so ...

October 08, 2020
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Half of ICE Facility Detainees Test Positive for COVID-19 after Federal Judge Orders Tests

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: August 16, 2020
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Half of ICE Facility Detainees Test Positive for COVID-19 after Federal Judge Orders Tests

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – The Vanguard has learned that IC ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – The Vanguard has learned that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been ordered – in a late Friday emergency ruli ...

August 16, 2020
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Acquittal in First San Francisco Trial since COVID-19 Crisis

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|Date: August 15, 2020
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Acquittal in First San Francisco Trial since COVID-19 Crisis

Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO – A man who was held in custody for over a year pre-trial, was found not gui ...

Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO – A man who was held in custody for over a year pre-trial, was found not guilty of residential burglary. This was the first completed jury trial in San Francisco Superior ...

August 15, 2020
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Mock Trial Showdown: Sacramento v. San Francisco, in Pete Seeger v. People of the State of Lone Star

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|Date: August 10, 2020
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Mock Trial Showdown: Sacramento v. San Francisco, in Pete Seeger v. People of the State of Lone Star

By Nick Domenici SACRAMENTO/SAN FRANCISCO – It was “only” a mock trial, using fictional names and charact ...

By Nick Domenici SACRAMENTO/SAN FRANCISCO – It was “only” a mock trial, using fictional names and characters. On the other hand, it was important to those involved. For the first time in each of the c ...

August 10, 2020
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Emails Reveal ICE’s Refusal to Test People in Their Care – Judge Orders ICE to Provide Testing

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|Date: August 07, 2020
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Emails Reveal ICE’s Refusal to Test People in Their Care – Judge Orders ICE to Provide Testing

After ICE had failed to provide COVID testing to immigrant detainees, on Thursday, a federal judge grante ...

After ICE had failed to provide COVID testing to immigrant detainees, on Thursday, a federal judge granted extraordinary relief -- weekly rapid testing, no new intakes, and a dorm for COVID-positive d ...

August 07, 2020
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Boyfriend Caught with Blood on Hands and Dead Girlfriend, Pleads Not Guilty

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|Date: August 06, 2020
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Boyfriend Caught with Blood on Hands and Dead Girlfriend, Pleads Not Guilty

By Elizabeth Cho SAN FRANCISCO - Jose Rodriguez and Valeria Villagomez dated for several months. And then ...

By Elizabeth Cho SAN FRANCISCO - Jose Rodriguez and Valeria Villagomez dated for several months. And then, in October 2019, Rodriguez fatally shot Villagomez, according to evidence presented in San Fr ...

August 06, 2020
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SF Mayor London Breed Announces Young Defenders Internship Program

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|Date: August 04, 2020
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SF Mayor London Breed Announces Young Defenders Internship Program

By Nick Gardner SAN FRANCISCO-- San Francisco Mayor London Breed has teamed up with Public Defender Manu ...

By Nick Gardner SAN FRANCISCO-- San Francisco Mayor London Breed has teamed up with Public Defender Manu Raju to create the San Francisco Young Defenders Program, a “paid educational internship progra ...

August 04, 2020
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Criminal Case against Anti-Abortion Activists David Daleiden, Sandra Merritt to Move Forward

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|Date: July 31, 2020
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Criminal Case against Anti-Abortion Activists David Daleiden, Sandra Merritt to Move Forward

By Mella Bettag SAN FRANCISCO – David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, two individuals who attempted to expos ...

By Mella Bettag SAN FRANCISCO – David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, two individuals who attempted to expose alleged infanticide at Planned Parenthood, will be headed to trial later this year, according ...

July 31, 2020
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First Post-COVID Trial Begins in San Francisco

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|Date: July 21, 2020
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First Post-COVID Trial Begins in San Francisco

By Kelsey Kitzke SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco’s first post-COVID criminal jury trial began Monday morning ...

By Kelsey Kitzke SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco’s first post-COVID criminal jury trial began Monday morning for judge, jury, lawyers, and defendant on an alleged burglary charge, here in San Francisco Co ...

July 21, 2020
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THE VANGUARD’s Court Watch Interns Urge Safe, Public Access to San Francisco Courts with No Success

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|Date: July 07, 2020
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THE VANGUARD’s Court Watch Interns Urge Safe, Public Access to San Francisco Courts with No Success

By Mella Bettag and Evelyn Valerio SAN FRANCISCO – The Vanguard News Group—whose Court Watch program cove ...

By Mella Bettag and Evelyn Valerio SAN FRANCISCO – The Vanguard News Group—whose Court Watch program covers county courts throughout California—Monday paid a visit to file a grievance with San Francis ...

July 07, 2020
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Yellow Cab Passenger Pulls Firearm on Multiple Drivers – Prelim Hearing Explosive

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 05, 2020
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Yellow Cab Passenger Pulls Firearm on Multiple Drivers – Prelim Hearing Explosive

By Ariella Seidman-Parra SAN FRANCISCO – “Give me money, I need money, or I’ll f***ing shoot you,” demand ...

By Ariella Seidman-Parra SAN FRANCISCO – “Give me money, I need money, or I’ll f***ing shoot you,” demanded Lasonya Denise Wells to her cab driver in mid-March of 2020, according to some of the explos ...

July 05, 2020
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Public Defender Still Fighting to Free Brother from Arizona Jail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2020
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Public Defender Still Fighting to Free Brother from Arizona Jail

Earlier this week the Arizona Court of Appeals ordered a new hearing for Neko Wilson, who has been fighti ...

Earlier this week the Arizona Court of Appeals ordered a new hearing for Neko Wilson, who has been fighting a marijuana charge for the last year since a California court released him after 10 years af ...

July 02, 2020
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SF Woman Who Threw Dog to Its Death Granted New Trial by Appellate Court

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 01, 2020
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SF Woman Who Threw Dog to Its Death Granted New Trial by Appellate Court

By Dominique Kato SAN FRANCISCO - A California Appellate Court has granted Wakeen Best, who was previousl ...

By Dominique Kato SAN FRANCISCO - A California Appellate Court has granted Wakeen Best, who was previously found guilty of animal abuse, burglary, and vandalism, a new trial on grounds that the trial ...

June 01, 2020
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Federal Court Considers Releasing ICE Detainees from Mesa Verde, Yuba County Detention Centers; Criticizes Government’s Inaction

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|Date: April 30, 2020
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Federal Court Considers Releasing ICE Detainees from Mesa Verde, Yuba County Detention Centers; Criticizes Government’s Inaction

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. District judge here Wednesd ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. District judge here Wednesday – rejecting the government’s argument for a delay – granted an emergency order for a tempora ...

April 30, 2020
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THE VANGUARD Asks SF Courts to Allow Press Access to Courtroom Proceedings

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|Date: April 26, 2020
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THE VANGUARD Asks SF Courts to Allow Press Access to Courtroom Proceedings

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – THE VANGUARD – similar to consumer ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – THE VANGUARD – similar to consumer groups demanding remote access to the courts on a federal level – last week officially request ...

April 26, 2020
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CA ICE Centers Sued over COVID-19 Threat; Court Asked to Immediately Release 400+ Immigrant Detainees

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|Date: April 22, 2020
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CA ICE Centers Sued over COVID-19 Threat; Court Asked to Immediately Release 400+ Immigrant Detainees

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – ICE (Immigration and Customs Enfor ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) detainee centers in Marysville’s Yuba County Jail and Bakersfield’s Mesa Verde Detentio ...

April 22, 2020
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San Francisco to Close County Jail 4

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 15, 2020
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San Francisco to Close County Jail 4

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO -- Legislation introduced by Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer to the Board of Sup ...

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO -- Legislation introduced by Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer to the Board of Supervisors will close County Jail 4, a maximum-security facility, by November 21. County Jail 4 i ...

April 15, 2020
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